Global touch screen glass.

 According to a 2013 survey of intelligent mobile phone and tablet computer touch-control device products increased rapidly, will drive the global touch screen glass shipments in 2016, more than 2000000000 tablets. While the global protection screen glass shipments in 2012 annual growth rate reached 44%, of which there are three fourths of the growth comes from mobile phone. Screen glass protection 2012 mobile phone shipment growth reached 40%, accounting for the overall protection screen glass shipments of 83%. With the development of intelligent mobile phone demand growth, the protective screen of glass will be rapid growth, is expected to protect the glass used in mobile phone shipments in 2016 will exceed 2000000000 tablets. The protective screen glass, applied to the tablet computer in 2012 accounted for only 14% of total shipments overall protection glass, with the growth in demand for the tablet computer, tablet computer screen glass will be rapid development, 2013 tablet computer protection glass shipments are expected to reach 200000000, and could double by 2016. Flat-panel computer screen size is bigger than that of the intelligent mobile phone screen size. So, for the protection of flat computer screen glass delivery area and revenue will influence the ratio of intelligent mobile phone.

Mobile phone and tablet computer is touch panel to a maximum of two products, two products are also protective screen glass market is the most important. Protective glass application in notebook computer market is expected to be relatively slow. Estimated 2014 protection glass used for notebook computer shipments up to 43000000 pieces, in 2016 will grow to 124000000, and this growth will depend on consumer acceptance of Windows8. With the wide application of monolithic glass, touch panel, protection is expected to permeability of glass in the notebook computer market, have the opportunity to reach 13% in 2014. Although MacBookPro and some other models based on design considerations, and the protective glass, but glass with the main protection is still subject to cost control module high. Therefore, if able to monolithic glass and low cost solution is widely used in the touch control pen electricity, then the protection of glass will be a substantial increase in permeability.